100 Bible Verses about Making Friends (KJV)

Here are 100 Bible verses about making friends, curated from both the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, King James Version, arranged from most to least relevant.

Proverbs 18:24 KJV

²⁴A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

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Proverbs 17:17 KJV

¹⁷A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

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Proverbs 27:17 KJV

¹⁷Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

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1 Corinthians 15:33 KJV

³³Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.

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Proverbs 22:24-25 KJV

²⁴Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go: ²⁵Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.

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Luke 6:31 KJV

³¹And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.

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Proverbs 13:20 KJV

²⁰He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.

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Proverbs 12:26 KJV

²⁶The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.

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Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 KJV

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1 Thessalonians 5:11 KJV

¹¹Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.

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Proverbs 16:28 KJV

²⁸A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.

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John 15:13 KJV

¹³Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

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James 4:4 KJV

⁴Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.

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John 15:12-15 KJV

¹²This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. ¹³Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. ¹⁴Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. ¹⁵Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard …

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1 Samuel 18:1-3 KJV

¹And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul. ²And Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his father’s house. ³Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.

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Romans 12:10 KJV

¹⁰Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;

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Proverbs 27:9 KJV

⁹Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.

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Colossians 3:12-14 KJV

¹²Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering; ¹³Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. ¹⁴And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.

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Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 KJV

⁹Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. ¹⁰For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up. ¹¹Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone? ¹²And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a …

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Proverbs 27:6 KJV

⁶Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

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Proverbs 27:10 KJV

¹⁰Thine own friend, and thy father’s friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother’s house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.

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Proverbs 27:5-6 KJV

⁵Open rebuke is better than secret love. ⁶Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

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Proverbs 17:9 KJV

⁹He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.

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Ecclesiastes 4:12 KJV

¹²And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

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Hebrews 10:24-25 KJV

²⁴And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: ²⁵Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.

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John 15:13-15 KJV

¹³Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. ¹⁴Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. ¹⁵Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.

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1 Peter 4:8-10 KJV

⁸And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins. ⁹Use hospitality one to another without grudging. ¹⁰As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.

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John 15:15 KJV

¹⁵Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.

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Job 2:11 KJV

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Matthew 7:12 KJV

¹²Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.

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Job 6:14 KJV

¹⁴To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.

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Revelation 1:1-20 KJV

¹The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John: ²Who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw. ³Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things …

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Proverbs 24:5 KJV

⁵A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength.

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Proverbs 20:6 KJV

⁶Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?

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Proverbs 15:22 KJV

²²Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established.

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Proverbs 19:20 KJV

²⁰Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.

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2 Kings 2:2 KJV

²And Elijah said unto Elisha, Tarry here, I pray thee; for the Lord hath sent me to Bethel. And Elisha said unto him, As the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they went down to Bethel.

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James 4:8 KJV

⁸Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.

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Proverbs 22:24 KJV

²⁴Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:

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2 Corinthians 6:14 KJV

¹⁴Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?

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Proverbs 14:6-7 KJV

⁶A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth. ⁷Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge.

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Romans 5:10 KJV

¹⁰For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.

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Philippians 2:3-4 KJV

³Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. ⁴Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.

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Philippians 2:3 KJV

³Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.

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Proverbs 22:11 KJV

¹¹He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.

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Galatians 6:2 KJV

²Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.

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Proverbs 1:10 KJV

¹⁰My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.

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Psalm 133:1 KJV

¹Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!

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Ephesians 4:29-32 KJV

²⁹Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. ³⁰And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption. ³¹Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: ³²And …

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Proverbs 11:14 KJV

¹⁴Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.

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Exodus 33:11 KJV

¹¹And the Lord spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the tabernacle.

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1 John 4:7 KJV

⁷Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.

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Colossians 3:13 KJV

¹³Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.

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Romans 1:12 KJV

¹²That is, that I may be comforted together with you by the mutual faith both of you and me.

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Matthew 18:20 KJV

²⁰For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.

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James 2:23 KJV

²³And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.

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Ruth 1:16-17 KJV

¹⁶And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God: ¹⁷Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the Lord do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and me.

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Exodus 23:2 KJV

²Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:

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Job 16:20-21 KJV

²⁰My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God. ²¹O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbour!

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Romans 1:11-12 KJV

¹¹For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established; ¹²That is, that I may be comforted together with you by the mutual faith both of you and me.

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Proverbs 24:26 KJV

²⁶Every man shall kiss his lips that giveth a right answer.

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Ecclesiastes 4:10 KJV

¹⁰For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up.

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Ephesians 4:32 KJV

³²And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.

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Psalm 55:12-14 KJV

¹²For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it: neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him: ¹³But it was thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance. ¹⁴We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the house of God in company.

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1 Chronicles 16:11 KJV

¹¹Seek the Lord and his strength, seek his face continually.

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1 Corinthians 10:24 KJV

²⁴Let no man seek his own, but every man another’s wealth.

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Luke 1:37 KJV

³⁷For with God nothing shall be impossible.

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Matthew 19:19 KJV

¹⁹Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

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Ecclesiastes 4:9 KJV

⁹Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.

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Proverbs 19:6-7 KJV

⁶Many will intreat the favour of the prince: and every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts. ⁷All the brethren of the poor do hate him: how much more do his friends go far from him? he pursueth them with words, yet they are wanting to him.

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Psalm 68:6 KJV

⁶God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.

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1 Samuel 20:17 KJV

¹⁷And Jonathan caused David to swear again, because he loved him: for he loved him as he loved his own soul.

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1 John 4:21 KJV

²¹And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.

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John 13:34-35 KJV

³⁴A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. ³⁵By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.

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Job 2:11-13 KJV

¹¹Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him. ¹²And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled …

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John 15:12-14 KJV

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Mark 12:30-31 KJV

³⁰And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. ³¹And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.

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Proverbs 3:32 KJV

³²For the froward is abomination to the Lord: but his secret is with the righteous.

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Ruth 1:16 KJV

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James 4:11 KJV

¹¹Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.

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1 Samuel 18:4 KJV

⁴And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and gave it to David, and his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle.

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1 Peter 4:8-9 KJV

⁸And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins. ⁹Use hospitality one to another without grudging.

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Proverbs 20:11 KJV

¹¹Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.

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Proverbs 19:4 KJV

⁴Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbour.

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John 3:16 KJV

¹⁶For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

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Romans 12:5 KJV

⁵So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.

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Philippians 2:5 KJV

⁵Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:

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Romans 8:38-39 KJV

³⁸For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, ³⁹Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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Philippians 2:1-4 KJV

¹If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies, ²Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind. ³Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. ⁴Look not …

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2 Corinthians 6:14-15 KJV

¹⁴Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? ¹⁵And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?

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Job 29:4-6 KJV

⁴As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle; ⁵When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me; ⁶When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil;

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3 John 1:14 KJV

¹⁴But I trust I shall shortly see thee, and we shall speak face to face. Peace be to thee. Our friends salute thee. Greet the friends by name.

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Proverbs 16:24 KJV

²⁴Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

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Matthew 7:15-20 KJV

¹⁵Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. ¹⁶Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? ¹⁷Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. ¹⁸A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt …

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Psalm 27:14 KJV

¹⁴Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord.

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Philippians 2:25 KJV

²⁵Yet I supposed it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, and companion in labour, and fellowsoldier, but your messenger, and he that ministered to my wants.

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Romans 12:16 KJV

¹⁶Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits.

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Luke 16:9 KJV

⁹And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations.

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1 John 4:7-8 KJV

⁷Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. ⁸He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

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